At Ferrer we continue to make giant strides in achieving our social and environmental commitments because, for the company, what we do is as important as the way we do it.
In addition, this year our work earned us the Platinum distinction from EcoVadis, a platform that comprehensively examines companies' practices in the areas of environment, labor practices and human rights, ethics and procurement. It is the tool we use to evaluate our suppliers and, therefore, it is crucial to have a score that allows us to serve as an example.
And we have succeeded. Because this year we have obtained the highest possible recognition, with a result of 81 points out of 100, improving on the 69 of the previous year. This aspect has allowed us to obtain the Platinum distinction and, having exceeded the threshold of 78 points, it positions us in the top 1% of the more than 100,000 companies evaluated by EcoVadis annually.
According to Marta Anglada, Head of Sustainability at Ferrer, "These fantastic results reaffirm our commitment to improve every year to become a benchmark in the fight for social justice. At Ferrer we do not do things to obtain a certification or recognition, but we do them to improve the health of the planet and people and, in addition, to try to spread this way of being in the world to other companies in the sector and to our suppliers".
The score obtained last year has been improved in all the areas evaluated:
In addition to the fact that this year we have been valued for being a BCorp company and for having joined the United Nations Global Compact, the main reasons for increasing results in each of the categories are the following:
Environment: we have worked on our water policy to incorporate active ingredient contamination criteria (APIs)
Labor practices and human rights: We have updated and created new policies to address the issues they evaluate
Ethics: we have obtained the ISO37001 certificate and implemented new procedures
Purchasing: we have made progress in our Suppliers for Good project and we have improved some indicators
This great achievement will not stop us along the way, but encourages us to continue working to improve our processes and policies and identify areas for improvement that may result in a higher score for next year's evaluation.
